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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Coursera

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACoursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.

    $399

    per year per user

    Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOffensive Security headquartered in New York offers the OffSec Flex Program, a security awareness training program available to enterprises in blocks with variable levels of challenge to accommodate different training needs and roles.

    $1,149

    for a single course

    Pricing
    CourseraOffensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Editions & Modules
    Coursera for Teams
    $399
    per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
    Coursera for Business
    Contact Sales
    SOC-200 Learn One Subscription
    $2499
    One course, 365 days of lab access, two exam attempts
    WEB-200 Learn One Subscription
    $2499
    One courses, 365 days of lab access, two exam attempts
    SOC-200 Learn Unlimited Subscription
    $5499
    All online courses, 365 days of lab access, unlimited exam attempts
    WEB-200 Learn Unlimited Subscription
    $5499
    All online courses, 365 days of lab access, unlimited exam attempts
    Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PEN-200)
    $1149-$1499
    30-90 day lab access + OSCP exam certification fee
    Evasion Techniques and Breaching Defenses (PEN-300)
    $1299-1499
    60-90 day lab access + OSEP exam certification fee
    Advanced Web Attacks and Exploitation (WEB-300)
    $1449-1649
    60-90 day lab access + OSWE exam certification fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CourseraOffensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Coursera
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CourseraOffensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Coursera and Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Feature
    Coursera
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
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    Ratings
    Course authoring8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Coursera and Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Feature
    Coursera
    -
    Ratings
    Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Coursera and Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Feature
    Coursera
    -
    Ratings
    Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    6.8
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Training Content Library00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CourseraOffensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CourseraOffensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Coursera
    The Coursera platform can be a useful part of your overall learning content portfolio if utilized correctly. It's fantastic for asynchronous courses that don't necessarily need a dedicated faculty member (though I'd highly recommend at least having some discussion moderators/student workers) and for offering MOOCs. The ability for the learners to contribute translations really makes it ideal for the international learning community - I am always amazed to see a course we launched with 2-3 languages to quickly have 10-12 more added. This feature really helps expand the audience reach and Coursera has such a large following already that it can grow seemingly overnight.
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    Offensive Security
    For cybersecurity practitioners interested in advancing their skillset in deeply technical matters, Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications offers some of the most well respected, up to date, technically challenging and comprehensive training courses out there; however, users must be very disciplined, determined and resourceful in order to make the most of the high quality content on offer since good time management is critical and "Try Harder" isn't just a motto for Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications given the content could frustrate some inexperienced users that may be pressed for time and don't have enough drive to spend learning a good amount of possibly unfamiliar but essential content and concepts
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    Pros
    Coursera
    • Interaction: the student learns by doing. For programming courses, this means programming!
    • Assessments: the courses I'd taken ask students to grade each others work with a rubric. This is hugely effective and permits tests and quizzes to be other than multiple choice.
    • Creativity and enthusiasm of the instructors. Some of the approaches demonstrated real out-of-the-box thinking by the instructors. For example, the Rice Python course was a self-contained website requiring no installation of IDE on one's computer, and the final project was a working version of Asteroids.
    • Low cost of entry: most of the course I enrolled in were free, with an optional fee for certifications. This really gives people the freedom to explore learning. It's almost like a Public Library of Learning.
    • Coursera forces a weekly discipline on the user with lectures and assignments and this really motivates one to put in the effort.
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    Offensive Security
    • Content is comprehensively laid out in a clear manner
    • Content is regularly kept up to date with the latest techniques seen today
    • Content doesn't assume too much about the reader's existing knowledge levels
    • Labs are representative and designed to emulate what could happen in real life
    • Certifications are well respected and widely recognised in the security industry
    • Prices are not that expensive compared to other vendors etc.
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    Cons
    Coursera
    • Some of the courses (very few) have some old information (more than 2 years), and in some areas like technology the information has to be very new and updated.
    • Some professors or people doing videos are not good in front of the camera, they should train their people a little bit more for those things.
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    Offensive Security
    • The exams are quite hard to pass and some require a lot of hours to be spent on them which might leave some exhausted
    • Some of the content can be hard to remember since there is a lot of syntax that might be intimidating to users not familiar with something similar from before
    • Perhaps consider more specific, tailored courses rather than courses which cover many topics at once which might not necessarily be within the same niche
    • More human to human interaction could be beneficial to prepare for the exams sometimes
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Coursera
    Constantly renewing already. One of my favourite MOOC platforms.
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    Offensive Security
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    Usability
    Coursera
    User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI.
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    Offensive Security
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    Support Rating
    Coursera
    I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues.
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    Offensive Security
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    Implementation Rating
    Coursera
    Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement.
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    Offensive Security
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    Alternatives Considered
    Coursera
    I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the other, so it comes down to content for me.
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    Offensive Security
    Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications are very comprehensive, regularly kept up to date and, unlike some other courses out there, are quite challenging and technically demanding even for industry colleagues who've been in the field for many years; for this reason, Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications is excellent for your more senior cyber security analysts/engineers as it will enable these technical experts in your organisation to further enhance their knowledge and learn some new tricks that they can then bring back to the workplace to share with the rest of the team
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    Return on Investment
    Coursera
    • The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible.
    • Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers
    • Developing and exploring professional skills.
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    Offensive Security
    • Labs have allowed us to safely test new offensive as well as defensive techniques
    • Certifications are widely recognised and allow us to showcase our team's maturity to external parties when required
    • Content is very comprehensive so this lessens the need for covering the same topics in our internal knowledgebases
    • The platforms that Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications have setup helped showcase the benefits and drive adoption of infrastructure as code in our own organisation
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